The following are instructions designed to guide you through removing the Enterprise edition of McAfee Endpoint Security from self-managed, university-owned machines running Mac OS only.
Note: If your computer is managed by UMass Amherst IT, do not attempt to remove the client on your own. Please contact your administrator.
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Even Macs Need Antivirus Protection. The myth that Macs don’t suffer malware attacks has been. I have had this same problem since I installed McAfee Total Protection about a year ago on my late 2012 MAC Mini with 4 GB of RAM. I am currently running MacOS Catalina 10.15.4 with supplemental update, and Total Protection 4.8.0.0. Every 2-3 days, the VShieldscanner consumes all the free memory, rendering the system inoperable.
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These instructions are technical. If you are not comfortable with any of the following steps, please contact IT User Services or visit the Help Center before proceeding:
Contact the IT Help Center:
A109 Lederle Graduate Research Center (LGRC)
413-545-9400 or 5-TECH from on-campus
Full Support Hours (LGRC)
Monday through Friday 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Extended Support Hours (W.E.B. Du Bois Library Learning Commons)
Email:[email protected] (from your UMass email account)
A109 Lederle Graduate Research Center (LGRC)
413-545-9400 or 5-TECH from on-campus
Full Support Hours (LGRC)
Monday through Friday 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Extended Support Hours (W.E.B. Du Bois Library Learning Commons)
Email:[email protected] (from your UMass email account)
Mcafee Antivirus For Mac Os
- In the upper right corner of your screen, click the Spotlight Search icon in the menu bar. Type Terminal and press Enter to launch a Terminal window.
- In the Terminal window, type 'sudo su' and press Enter. Enter your computer's administrator password.
- In the Terminal window, type '/usr/local/McAfee/uninstall EPM3' and press Enter.
Note: 'EPM3' refers to the product version. If EPM3 doesn't work, try EPM, EPM1, and/or EPM2 for earlier versions. If these do not work, try EPM4, EPM5, etc. until the command runs succesfully. - In the Terminal window, type 'sudo /Library/McAfee/cma/scripts/uninstall.sh' andpress Enter. Enter your computer's administrator password.
- Fully reboot the computer.
- After rebooting, follow step 1 again to launch a Terminal window.
- In the Terminal window, type each of the following commands, pressing Enter after each:
- 'cd /usr/local/'
- 'rm -rf McAfee/'
- 'cd /Library/LaunchDaemons/'
- 'rm -rf com.mcafee.*'
- 'cd /Library/LaunchAgents/'
- 'rm -rf com.mcafee.*'
- 'cd /Library/Preferences/'
- 'rm -rf com.mcafee.*'
- Fully reboot the computer.